Description
Iron Cross First Class 1914 - Iron core
along with three sisters: Anna Maxine Jones
British War and Victory Medals (314160 DVR
marked "830 S W" ("W" which is the mm of the maker "Webeto")
Its motto is "Per aspera ad astra"
Germany, Imperial. A First War German Iron Cross Decoration United Republic of Iron Cross First Class 1914(Eisernes Kreuz). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised central letter W with the date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, an imperial crown on the upper arm, holes pierced in the left and right arms for adhering to an item such as cigarette case or photograph album, reverse plain and hollow, measures 43. 33 mm (w) x 43. 30 mm